Holder for spinning tops



May 8. 1928. 1,668,695

A. H. PFAFF HOLDER FOR SPINNING TOPS Filed July 28. 1927 INVENTOR.

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Patented May 8, 1 928.

1,668,695; ICE.

ARTHUR H. PFAFZE, or ELvRIA, 01110.

HOLDER FOR SPINNING TOPS.

Application filed July 28, 1927. Serial No. 209,088.

This invention relates to a handle and holderfor use in spinning tops, and the gen eral object of the inventionis to provide a handle and holder which may be used in spinning any form of top having an axial prolongation or an axial support.

A further object is to provide a handle and holder for top spinning which may be held in either the right hand or the left hand and which will guide the top cord properly with relation to the top and prevent any binding of the topcord, and which will further act so that the top will be slightly raised when the cord is pulled to spin the top.

A still further object is to so construct the holder that it may be very easily drawn away from the top so as to leave the top spinning upon its support. 1

Another object is to provide a holder which may be used with either side upward so that no special care has to be taken that the holder shall beheld in exactly the right position.

Other objects will appear in the-course of the following description.

My invention isillustrated in'the accompanying drawing, wherein i Figurel is atop plan view'of atop holder constructed in accordance withmy invention; i p

Figure 2is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a like view to Figure2 but looking from the opposite side;

"Figure 4. is an end elevation of'the holder;

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the holder showing the manner in which the top is supported; a a a F igure 6 is an elevation of a top holder of a somewhat modified form from that shown in Figure 1.

-Referring to this drawing, 10 designates my spinning device-generally. 'This spinning device consistsof a head 11 which con stitutes thetop holderand a handle 12. The head 11 is formed with a central opening or bore 13 which extends down through the head at right angles to the handle, thisopening having an internal diameter preferably of about i t, though I do not wish to be limited thereto. This opening opens onto the end face '14 throat 15 having a width approximately half the diameter-of the opening or bore 13 and extending vertically downward through the head from top to bottom.

The side faces of the head 11 are formed I These dimensions,

of the head by means of each with two laterally extending bores 16 and 17. The bore 16, which is nearest tothe handle, on one side of the head is lower than the bore 17 and extends downward toward the bottom of the head, While the bore 17 extends upward at an inclinatiomeach of these bores opening upon the inner face of the. opening 13 tangentially to the wall of the opening- The innermost bore 16 on the other side ofthe head isexactly the same as the bore 16, except that iwhereas the bore 16 extends downward and inward, theboiie 16 extends upward and inward, :while the bore 17 instead of extending upwardzand inward extends downwardv and inward; When the head'is reversed, however, it will be seen that the bores 16 and 17 will occupy vex-r act-1y the same position as previously occupied by the bores 16 and 17.

The handle is preferably formed integral with the headand maybe about 4 "long.

The bores 16 and 17 and 16 and 17 are preferably aboutin diameter more or less and the bores 16 and r16 are about 1 more or less from the handle end face of the head andfrom vthe upper or lower faces of theihead respectively. The central opening 13 is preferably about in diameter and the head itself is approximately about 1 in length and approximately the same in widtliwand about thick. WVhile I have stated these dimensions, it will be understeed -that the dimensions may be changed. however, I find are best fora holder designed to be used with ordinary tops.

In the use of this device, if the device is held in the left hand, then take one end of the top string with the right hand andirun through dle. "When holding thehandle in the right hand, however, the top. cord is to be run through the hole furthest fromthe handle with the left hand. In either case, the

string is drawn up through the opening 13 farenough so that the string canbe wound around any top, making about eight turns more or less in the usual manner. winding the cord upon the toppthe other end ofthe cord pulled back soas to take up slack, holding the last turn of the cord which is wound on the top sothat the cord will not unwind from the top. Asthe slack is taken out of the cord, the spur of the top is set in the opening 13, with the cord wound around so that the last winding on thehole 16 or 16 nearest thehan- After the top will be near the hole 16 or 17 or 16 or 17 through which the cord is run. The handle is held with the top. setting in the opening 13 about 6 to 8 inches more or less from the place Where the top is to be spun. A quick pull of the cord which runs through the hole in the side of the holder will start the top spinning and about the same time the handle holder pulled out from the spur of the top and the top will spin by itself.

The reason for drilling two pairs of holes 16'and 16 and 17 and 17 in each side of the holder is that any top can be spun with the handle holder either in the left or right hand. The provisionof the two holes 16 and 17 or 16" and 17 with the angular direction given to these holes is a considerable improvement over holders having one hole drilled through the middle of the head and intersecting a central spur-receiving opening, iforithe reasons that first, when running string through any of these holes drilled at the angles stated, the string will come out the top of the hole in the center of the holder and can be easily threaded in this manner, and second the two holes in either side of the holder provide means whereby either side of the head 10 can be disposed upward. Third, the two holes extending inward from each side of the holder are disposed so as to nearly intersect and extend nearly tangential to the wall of the bore or hole 13 so that when the string unwinds from the top, the string will not bind at this point, the string acting to slightly raise the top so that the handle and holder can be very easily drawn away from the top. The slot or throat 15 permits the handle and holder to be readily drawn away from the top after it is set spinning without retarding the spinning of the top at all.

In Figure 6 is shown a slightly modified form of the structure shown in Figure 1, in that the opening 13 is not formed with a throat 15 but the opening is entirely closed.

7 Otherwise than this, the head 11 and the handle 10 are constructed in the same manner as shown in Figure 1 and the holes 16 and 16 and 17 and 17 extend through the head 11 in precisely the same manner as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

1. A top holder of the character described comprising a head and a handle extending therefrom, the head havin flat upper and lower faces and fiat side ees and having a spinning top-spur receiving opening or bore extending from the top to the bottom face, the head on each side being formed with oppositely inclined bores extending each side being formed with oppositely in: W

clined bores extending through the side walls of the head and intersecting the central opening tangentially to the peripheral face of the opening, one of said bores being disposed adjacent the handle and extending downward and inward to intersect the opening through the head, another of said bores being disposed adjacent the other end of the head and extending upward and inward 11nd intersecting the central opening of the iead.

3. A top holder of the character described comprising a head and a handle extending therefrom, the head havin flat upper and lower faces and flat side aces and having a central spur-receiving opening extending from the top to the bottom face, the head on each side being formed with oppositely inclined bores extending through the side walls of the head and intersecting the central bore, one of said bores being disposed adjacent the handle and extending down ward and inward to intersect the opening through the head, anotherof said bores being disposed adjacent the other end of the head and extending upward and inward and intersecting the central opening of the head, the central opening of the head having a a throat extending through to the end 0 the head remote from the handle.

4:. A top holder of the character described comprising a head, a handle extending therefrom, the head having fiat upper faces and flat side faces and having a central spur-receiving opening extending from the top to the bottom face of the head, the material of the head extending entirely around said bore, the head on each side being formed with oppositely inclined bores extending through the side Walls of the head and intersecting the central bore, one of said bores being disposed adjacent the handle and extending downward and inward to intersect the opening through the head, another of said bores being disposed adjacent the other end of the head and extending upward and inward and intersecting the central opening of the head. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ARTHUR H. PFAFF. 

